Pareiorhaphis proskynita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Neoplecostominae
Genus: Pareiorhaphis
Species: Pareiorhaphis proskynita

Name

• Pareiorhaphis proskynita Pereira & Britto, 2012

Holotype: MNRJ 38561. Paratypes: MCP 46317 (12), 46318 (20); MNRJ 36770 (12), 36762 (6), 38278 (12), 38279 (28).

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Catas Altas, Rio Doce drainage, Ribeirão Caraça at locality of Taboões, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (R.P.P.N.) Santuário do Caraça, Serra do Caraça, tributary to Rio Piracicaba, 20°04'54"S, 43°30'20"W.[1]

Etymology: The specific name proskynita is from the Greek proskynitís, which means "pilgrim" in allusion to the pilgrimage activity associated with the Santuário do Caraça ("Caraça’s Sanctuary"), originally founded by Brother Lourenço in the 1770s as a resting place for those travelers in search of an alternative to the madness of the mining activities of that century through spiritual redemption, and which is now a Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural ("Natural Patrimony Particular Reserve"), preserving an area of more than 100 km², nested in a region of intense mining activity.

References

• Pereira, E. H. L. & Britto, M. R.; 2012: A New Distinctively Colored Catfish of the Genus Pareiorhaphis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Piracicaba, Upper Rio Doce Basin, Brazil. Copeia, 2012 (3): 519–526.